I feel so lucky to be in this position, I’m not entitled to get annoyed. I’m not half as busy as they make out!

Harry Styles

The boyband, who formed on The X Factor, have become the first all-male cover pic in the women’s magazine’s 40-year history.

The honour came after they received the Ultimate Men gong at Cosmopolitan’s Ultimate Women of the Year Awards 2012.

Singers Harry Styles, 18, Louis Tomlinson, 20, and 19-year-olds Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Liam Payne are about to release second album Take Me Home.

And they shared their most intimate relationship secrets with the mag.

Heart-throb Harry admitted he was not bothered about his “ladies’ man” reputation. He said: “I feel so lucky to be in this position, I’m not entitled to get annoyed. I’m not half as busy as they make out!

“The way it’s portrayed is that I only see women in a sexual way.

“But I grew up with just my mum and sister, so I respect women a lot.” Louis, who has been dating girlfriend Eleanor for a year, said he likes a clever girl.

He added: “She studies politics and when she talks about that, I find it really attractive.

“It’s important for both of you to have independence. If she didn’t and wasn’t striving for a good career, it’d be weird.”

Meanwhile Zayn, who goes out with Perrie Edwards, 19, from Little Mix, says they spend their spare time watching X Factor.

“I’m a big believer in the motto: ‘Behind every great man there’s a great woman.’ And she’s great.

“I’m a couch potato. I love to stay in and just watch a DVD with the missus. Or we all go over to Louis’s house and watch The X Factor.”

The full interview is in the December issue of British Cosmopolitan, on sale today.